Downey, CA Mobility & Curb Rules: TNC Pickup Zones (2026)

1, added by Ordinance 19-1411 on June 11, 2019, authorizes the City Traffic Engineer to establish designated parking zones for the loading and unloading of passengers exclusively for app-based rideshare services. The section defines 'app-based rideshare service' as a transportation network company providing peer-to-peer ridesharing that relies on internet and mobile application technology, language that tracks how California regulates companies like Uber and Lyft. Under subsection (b), the zones are created simply by posting signs that designate the space as an app-based rideshare parking zone and that specify the days and hours during which the restriction is in effect, so the rule only binds where and when Downey has actually signed a curb.

Subsection (c) is the operative prohibition: no person, except the driver of a vehicle clearly identified as providing an app-based rideshare service, may stop, stand, or park any vehicle within the zone while it is in effect. This sits in Part 11 of Chapter 1 alongside the City's taxicab stand rule in Section 3197, which similarly reserves red-curbed, 'Taxi Stand' stenciled space for taxicabs only, showing Downey treats rideshare curb space as its own distinct category rather than folding it into the older taxi stand rule.

Because the zone depends on posted signage rather than a blanket citywide color code, a driver has to check the specific sign at a given curb to know the applicable hours before parking there.